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What Book Are You Reading Now? Mk II

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Reply 1380

The_master616

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee & Watership Down by Richard Adams.

Currently have 1984 waiting in the wings.

Reply 1381

Rhobeta

Betwixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad

It's comprised of three short stories, the first of which I finished reading a few days ago. It's quite evocative of a bygone age. The story is fascinating, a tale of a ship's captain's unsettling experiences on a remote tropical island and his helpless dependence on and growing involvement with a particular family. While I use the word unsettling, it is not downright disturbing which some modern work can often be (Will Self's My Idea of Fun or some Ian Banks novels, for instance). I prefer not to feel psychological terror when being entertained!

As might be expected of a book set where it is, and from the historical period, there is an assumed superiority of Caucasians shown at a couple of points in the story which can seem a bit offensive today. I don't know if Conrad held these views or not, or just his main protagonist in the story, but I would hate for anyone to be put off reading such a brilliant book.

Reply 1382

animalnitrate

Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh.

Reply 1383

sheep_go_baa

The Hobbit, for the lulz :biggrin:

Reply 1384

Araliya

The City and the Stars by Authur C. Clarke :^_^:

Reply 1385

TheFoxBlip

Catch-22, for the 4th time.

Reply 1386

howlinwolf

Damned by Chuck Palahniuk, just got it.

Reply 1387

reece111

Original post by Nice Marmite

That would definitely be advisable haha.

Though I forgot to mention, I liked Anna Karenina best out of all the Russian literature I've read.

I'll google it :smile:

Reply 1388

Daydreamer18

Was reading Martin Amis - London Fields. I NEVER give up on books, however I just couldn't bare persevering with that one any longer. Even 100 pages before the end, nothing had happened in the whole flipping book. Painfully slow plot. I skim read the last few chapters so I could actually get back to enjoying reading something.

So I have now started One Day :biggrin:

Reply 1389

joy12

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell, what an amazing story it is, have just gotten around reading 7 chapters, its very engrossing.

Reply 1390

lorry:)

Original post by najabri

Finished Pride And Prejudice And Zombies today, and onto The Aeneid - Virgil (translated to English). Thought I should get around to reading it, and it'll be one of my latin set texts so should be beneficial.

And for Christmas I'm hoping to get War And Peace, which I'm planning on finishing before spring. Although I might read some "easy" books first, depending on how I find the Virgil (though at the moment, it really doesn't seem so bad).

how did you find Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

i loved it :biggrin:

i'm now reading Android Karenina, which is really good as well. :tongue:

Reply 1391

gmseahorse

Original post by joy12

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell, what an amazing story it is, have just gotten around reading 7 chapters, its very engrossing.

1984 is amazing, but I defy you not feel really depressed at the end. Ooh and have you got to the bit with all the political theory stuff that is interesting when you think about it.

Reply 1392

joy12

Original post by gmseahorse

1984 is amazing, but I defy you not feel really depressed at the end. Ooh and have you got to the bit with all the political theory stuff that is interesting when you think about it.

it does seem chilling when you think about the environment BB has created for the people.
Hopefully I will finish it soon then will get to know what feelings I have at the end of the story.

Reply 1393

Executioner

The Lost Boy - Dave Pelzer

Loving it so far :smile:

Reply 1394

najabri

Original post by laurie:)

how did you find Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

i loved it :biggrin:

i'm now reading Android Karenina, which is really good as well. :tongue:

Well, I love Pride & Prejudice and it was surprisingly faithful to the book! So it was good, and I like how it gets some people who'd never read Pride & Prejudice to so. I wasn't overly excited, though.

Android Karenina? :awesome:

Didn't know they'd done that one. Though I haven't read Anna Karenina so I'd want to read that before the spoof. I might look into it depending on how I find War And Peace (which I can see under the christmas tree... I know it's that book because of the sheer weight of the thing! :eek:

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Reply 1395

Riku

Just finished Wolf Hall as it was last on the reading list and I can be really slow sometimes >_< but what a cracker! I know many people dislike it/think it's over-rated but I found it to be genuinely pretty entertaining and Cromwell/Henry were portrayed really well.
And after 4 long months of getting dusty on the shelf, it's finally time for Dune :biggrin:

Reply 1396

faber niger

The Dunciad

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

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Reply 1397

TobeTheHero

The Fellowship of the Ring(LOTR part 1)

Reply 1398

SEM94

I'm currently reading 'The Battle for Spain' by Anthony Beevor about the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 but I'm finding hardly any time to read with all this revision.